The Ground and Credibility of the Christian Religion: In a Course of Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, at the Lecture Founded by the Rev. John Bampton |
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... to the world , how much , and how truly , I have the Honour to be , MY LORD , Your Lordship's dutiful , Most obliged , And devoted fervant , R. SHEPHERD . ADVERTISEMENT . REFERENCE having been made in the Course of xiv DEDICATION .
... to the world , how much , and how truly , I have the Honour to be , MY LORD , Your Lordship's dutiful , Most obliged , And devoted fervant , R. SHEPHERD . ADVERTISEMENT . REFERENCE having been made in the Course of xiv DEDICATION .
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... most excellent wisdom ; the wisdom of religion : which is indeed fo far the highest point of wisdom ; that , though its roots be fixed on earth , its branches reach to heaven : it hath the promise both of this world , and that which is ...
... most excellent wisdom ; the wisdom of religion : which is indeed fo far the highest point of wisdom ; that , though its roots be fixed on earth , its branches reach to heaven : it hath the promise both of this world , and that which is ...
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... duty to employ our thoughts on Him and however little He hath been pleafed to difcover of Himfelf ; that little it is the highest prerogative of our nature I. nature to look up to , and the most 22 THE GROUND AND CREDIBILITY.
... duty to employ our thoughts on Him and however little He hath been pleafed to difcover of Himfelf ; that little it is the highest prerogative of our nature I. nature to look up to , and the most 22 THE GROUND AND CREDIBILITY.
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... most glo- SERMON rious exercise of the intellectual faculties to investigate . Nor are we on this fub- ject fo much in the dark , as fcepticism may pretend want of demonstration is no proof of falfhood ; nor ought it to be any ...
... most glo- SERMON rious exercise of the intellectual faculties to investigate . Nor are we on this fub- ject fo much in the dark , as fcepticism may pretend want of demonstration is no proof of falfhood ; nor ought it to be any ...
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... most acceptable manner to ferve Him , is not above us it is a duty incumbent on us ; it produces in us a love of Him , and fulfils the first command . If the excellent wifdom of that full and perfect religion , which in doctrine and ...
... most acceptable manner to ferve Him , is not above us it is a duty incumbent on us ; it produces in us a love of Him , and fulfils the first command . If the excellent wifdom of that full and perfect religion , which in doctrine and ...
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Page 1 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Page 243 - He that cometh from above is above all ; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth ; he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Page iii - Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the Printing-House, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the third week in Act Term.
Page 212 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles...
Page iii - ... deductions made) that he pay all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, to be...
Page 245 - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Page 235 - All things are delivered to me of my Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Page iv - Sermons shall be always printed, within two months after they are preached; and one copy shall be given to the Chancellor of the University, and one copy to the Head of every College, and one copy to the Mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the...
Page iv - Sermons shall be preached upon either of the following Subjects — to confirm and establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics — upon the divine authority of the holy Scriptures — upon the authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the primitive Church — upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost — upon the Articles of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles
Page 256 - I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word: that they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they may be one in us...